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How Elizabeth Warren's Beef With Facebook Could Benefit Bitcoin

Sen. Elizabeth Warren is crusading against big banks as one of her core platforms for the 2020 presidential election, but it’s her social media policies that may have the most direct impact on bitcoiners.

Warren in South Carolina, via Ali Powell

Policy

How Democracy Breaks: Everything That Could Go Wrong With the Election

From supply chain attacks to disinformation campaigns, the risks to US election machinery are numerous. Here's a scary rundown, according to security experts.

Image by Cheryl Thuesday

Markets

Pete Buttigieg Was Silicon Valley's Favorite

Before dropping out the presidential race, Pete Buttigieg plowed a centrist lane on tech issues, criticizing Silicon Valley without making the radical proposals of Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren.

Buttigieg

Markets

Yang 2020 and the Search for the Next Crypto Candidate

What’s next for the Yang Gang, and who – if anyone – will inherit their leader’s mantle?

Andrew Yang (left) 
at Consensus 2019

Markets

Bernie Sanders: Our Campaign Is About People, Not Tech

Bernie Sanders has never been closer to delivering a “revolution” in American life. How will he address personal privacy, cryptocurrencies and big tech?

Bernie Sanders, Rally at Pittsburgh University, Sunday April 14.

Markets

Amy Klobuchar Wanted a Return to Normalcy, but Do Voters?

While Trump self-inflated and Bernie talked of revolution, Klobuchar took a middle lane on tech. From election security to privacy to transparency in online ads, Klobuchar was a practical legislator in a chaotic political environment.

Klobuchar supporters at a rally in Charleston, South Carolina.

Policy

Letter From New Hampshire: The Dangers of Disinformation

From the digital divide to social media misinformation, the internet is a major and multi-headed issue in 2020. Just don’t expect to hear much about it on the campaign trail.

Yang

Policy

The Post-Trust Election: CoinDesk Hits the 2020 Campaign Trail

CoinDesk's Post-Trust Election package explores a world in which voters have lost faith in democracy and how tech might fix the problems it's created.

Illustration by Sonny Ross

Policy

Why Aren't the Candidates Talking About Digital Currency?

Given the threat to US interests posed by a digital yuan and similar projects, you might think candidates would have positions on the future of money. Not so much.

Image via Shutterstock

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